27 Stylish Airliner Liveries From The Past

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http://gizmodo.com/27-stylish-airliner-liveries-from-the-past-1747562703

JCX BXC

Im not a fan of the old liveries, I find they all look shockingly similar to eachother.

RadioRetro

Total bollocks, no BOAC, the most stylish of them all.

arubex

Some interesting choices but also some rather plain ones. Odd mix. I agree that the monocolour cheatlines can look very same-y.

I really liked the United 'Tulip' scheme by Saul Bass, lots of colour and 'happiness' compared to the horrific grey mess that replaced it.

I'm particularly surprised they didn't include the original-and-best Eurowhite, Air France. Introduced in 1975 and still going strong 40 years later with only minor tweaks.

Tenger

Carnacalla wrote: »

Im not a fan of the old liveries, I find they all look shockingly similar to eachother.

Similar could be said of todays Euro White liveries.

But its like car mass manufacturing, they all use the same CAD/engineering processes (similarly trained marketing/design people in the cse of airlines) so the final product while be similar across the industry.

murphaph

The Lufthansa livery has hardly changed at all and is pretty reserved by today's standards. I like the modern KLM livery over the old one any day, but they have a 738 in retro livery all the same.

Terrontress

The author, whoever he is, seems quite keen on Malev.

ohigg84

I really love these liveries, much much classier compared to today's boring eurowhite liveries.
The JAL livery is beautiful, but my favourite would have to be United Saul Bass livery, and of course, Pan Am

A Dub in Glasgo

I love the old liveries (well early '80s), reminds of a time in my early teenage years when I used to walk to the Airport from Ballymun (before the M50!). I particularly liked the tap Air Portuagal one

ohigg84

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

I love the old liveries (well early '80s), reminds of a time in my early teenage years when I used to walk to the Airport from Ballymun (before the M50!). I particularly liked the tap Air Portuagal one

Wish I was teenager in the early 80s, then I would have got the chance to see the 707s!

Comhrá

ohigg84 wrote: »

Wish I was teenager in the early 80s, then I would have got the chance to see the 707s!

Or better still, hear them - they were LOUD!

roundymac

tippman1 wrote: »

Or better still, hear them - they were LOUD!

Every thing back then was loud and smokey, better again they were all different. Nowadays they have to be up fairly close before you can start to figure out what they are.

EchoIndia

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

I love the old liveries (well early '80s), reminds of a time in my early teenage years when I used to walk to the Airport from Ballymun (before the M50!). I particularly liked the tap Air Portugal one

CS-TBC Boeing 707-382B by Irish251, on Flickr

smurfjed

then I would have got the chance to see the 707s!

Saw 4 of them yesterday, but unfortunately all with modern engines....






There was nothing boring about these schemes

ohigg84

tippman1 wrote: »

Or better still, hear them - they were LOUD!

Well I do remember vaguely, the 1-11s, they were damn loud, the crackle in the air of those RR Spey's, and of course the JT8D 737-200s..

Possibly the loudest plane I ever heard was a TU-134.. The noise was terrifying. I was scared but happy..